Changing AD in the date

**alreadyded** · October 12, 2011, 07:15 PM

I want to change AD in the date to FA but I can't figure out which file to edit. I don't even know if it is text editing or 2d art

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**Ishan** · October 12, 2011, 08:38 PM

Originally Posted by Ishan

@Dwaine
Go in the text folder of a mod in your case TATW.
And open the shared.txt file.

And see these entries:-

Code:

{ST_X_BC}%d BC
{ST_X_AD}%d AD

And i'm sure i don't need to say more to you buddy

**alreadyded** · October 12, 2011, 08:58 PM

Thanks.

How would one go about changing it to FA for a custom campaign while leaving it TA for the main campaign? Can custom campaigns use a different shared.txt?

Or is there anyway way to have both progress forward in time like AD does? That way I can just use BC, but I am guessing this is hard coded.

**Ishan** · October 12, 2011, 09:38 PM

No custom campaigns don't have a different text folder, they share a common files except from the ones in the world sub folders.
Though both the campaigns can have AD and BC respectively, if you give one of them a -ve value in their descr_strat.txt file.

**alreadyded** · October 12, 2011, 09:55 PM

Even if I put;

Code:

start_date	-2941 summer
end_date	-3075 winter

it still counts down (2940, 2939, etc.) instead of up. I can't use BC if it only counts down.

**irishron** · October 12, 2011, 10:02 PM

This part is hardcoded. You want up, they have to be positive dates.

**Ishan** · October 12, 2011, 10:23 PM

Originally Posted by irishron

This part is hardcoded. You want up, they have to be positive dates.

Yup, Yup.

**alreadyded** · October 12, 2011, 11:07 PM

I figured it was hard coded. I guess I will just have to swap out the shared.txt file when I want to play a custom campaign. Or just remove TA and FA completely, that sounds easier. Thank you for the help.

**Ishan** · October 12, 2011, 11:40 PM

That's possible by the custom launcher in which you can put your campaigns, whenever you will select your campaign the file will be swapped with the one intended. Gracul has posted that launcher somewhere i think.